My soul In HD - Thinking if sharing my art Worths.
Honestly, I'm feeling a bit down lately, and not because of the setbacks I have in my life, I'm used to those.
This time it's due of some arguements and misunderstandings I have been having online with someone here and there. And I feel that my little place on the internet, the one I'm hanging out to keep the little sanity and hope I have in my soul, it's no longer that safe and happy.
It's been like this for 3 years now that I've been getting these issues from time to time, and I've been realizing all these little conflicts online have been affecting a lot my mental and emotional health. The end of last years they almost triggered my depression and axiety, and also a few days ago.
And I dunno what to do. I dunno if I should just cut distance, or doing something more drastic like blocking the person, or if give this person one more chance to show real care. I told my bro about this, cos I'm scared, but I know my mom will not understand me, and I have no one else whom I can genuinely trust. I'm a lonely, shy, and socially awkward artist. I have no friends where I live. And online I had a couple of friends but I have lost contact with them due of my exboyfriend.
So well, my bro has recommended me to "just block that person!" and have made me remember what my mom always tell me and my siblings:
"people who truly love you and care about you never will make you suffer".
Very good point…I must say.
I'll not say names, neither to talk about what happened. Cos that was something that was talked in private, and I respect and care a lot about the privacy of people I love, either friends or family.
But still..I had to do this journal cos this series of issues have beein draining me a lot, mentally and emotionally.
They also have made me seriously reflect and think about what I've been doing with my life all these years…
About if I'm actually bringing something good to the world by sharing my art online and enjoying to engage with people who love my art and want to know me better…or shouldn't be doing this?
I wonder if I should stop being an online artist and look up for a job on my city.
Honestly, I love to engage with people who love my art and would like to be my friends and know me better.
But sadly, I'm only able to be a friend who can hang up with their peeps from time to time (at least for the moment) when I can. Because I have very limited time (due of my life problems) and very limited mental and emotional energy (that due of my fragile mental health)
So, when someone gets upset at you for sharing your art online (which is something I've been doing for 25 years now) or starts to get weird getting upset at you cos they expect you to talk with them everyday ( or being often) and isn't emphatic with your life's personal trouble and mental health. It's heartbreaking to a level it's difficult to bear.
Also, sometimes…. it smells danger. Because that's how abusive behavior starts most of the times…with little "arguing" that grows up like a snowball…
….But…it is really danger with this person in particular? Or just a misunderstood due of bad communication?
And I also wonder one important thing… how to set healthy boundaries to avoid misunderstandings or/and parasocial relationships?
How do I make peeps who love my art and want to know me more understand that I'm not being rude if I take care of myself?
How I make people understand my life have been tore up by my ex-boyfriend, that he tore up my mental and emotional health? And that's why right now my priority it's to cure myself emotionally and mentally, and to work hard to get back on my feet?
I've always thought I was good at setting healthy boundaries when engaging to the people who liked my art and would like to be friends with me, but if I was that good…I wouldn't have had any misunderstanding.
I wonder if someohow it's my fault….if I was the one who wasn't clear with letting people know I couldn't be able to engage in long talk very often.
The saddest thing, after the last misunderstood I had with this peep I feel like my brain is in pause, art wise.
I no longer feel inspired to make art very much, and since I was in the relationship with my ex, and also even after I broke up with him, I no longer felt inspired to art as I used to before I've met him.
And I'm struggling to come back to art. And now this peep comes up and gives me a lot of anxiety and worries, gives me conflicts. And all this is….very overwhelming.
I can't help feeling a very discouraged and wondering…. if it really worths to keep sharing of my art online. Or doing more art in general.
Being an online artist, and sharing my passions for shows and movies I love through my art online it's my life! I can't imagine one day not doing it.
Stopping doing art and sharing it online would break my heart…
Right now things have been cleared up with this peep though. At the end I've decided to give this peep and opportunity because I really cherish this friend.
It's a really dear friend of mine, and even got to think we could be a lot more in the future..
So I hope that from now on, there will be no more conflicts and that this little corner online that I took a life to make, can return to be chill and harmonious again.
If there's no misunderstandings, I'll keep sharing my art online as always ^^